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H. A. MATTHEWS.

Stove Cover.

No. 241,043. Patented May 3,1831.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. MATTHEWS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

STOVE-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,043, dated May 3,1881.

Application filed March 14, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. MATTHEWS, of Waterbury, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inStove-Covers and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a sectional side view, and in Fig. 2 a modification.

This invention relates to an improvement in covers forthat class ofstoves which have a central cover upon the top, and generally such asare of a cylindrical shape, with specialret'erence to that class ofstoves in which the fire is fed through the opening in the top of thestove. This cover is usually pivoted to one side, so as to swing awayfrom over the opening. These covers are made from cast-iron, and areconsequently heavy, so much so that great care must be exercised inturning the cover on its pivot to avoid breaking the cover or injuringthe pivot.

The object of this invention is to make a cover which shall be verylight, hence easily removed, and not liable to injure the pivot or beitself broken; and it consists in the construction as hereinafterdescribed, and particularly recited in the claim.

I take a disk of suitable sheet metal, as brass or copper, of therequired size, and spin or strike it into shape to produce the top A andside B, so as to give to the side of the cover an ornamental ap'iearance, similarin shape to that of the removable part of the top, asin the usual construction. At ornear the bottom and upon the insideIintroduce a disk, C, of thin metal, secured firmly to the sides of andso as to support the lower edge of the cover, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2.This disk may be united by turning the lower edge of the cover inwardonto the disk, or otherwise. In case it is to be a pivoted cover Iattach the pivot D to the under side in the usual relative position.

This construction produces a cover of the lightest possible character,strong and durable, and which, because of its light and open character,will not be heated or retain the heat to the same extent as does thecommon castiron cover; hence it is more readily removable without thedifficulties existing in the use of a cast-iron cover.

I claim- I The herein-described stove-cover, consisting of the top andsides, formed from sheet metal, with a disk secured near the lower edgeof the side, substantially as described.

HENRY A. MATTHEWS.

Witnesses EDWARD F. OoLE, F. H. TROWBRIDGE.

